Blackout Girl (With New and Updated Content for the #MeToo Era)
Tracing My Scars from Addiction and Sexual Assault
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Sexual assault, addiction, and other traumatic experiences can leave both physical and emotional scars. For Jennifer Storm, these scars serve as a reminder - both of the darkness and suffering she once experienced, and of how far she has come. When she was first assaulted at age 12, Jennifer turned to alcohol to dull the emotional pain. After a string of childhood traumas, she fell into crack use and self-harm. Once Jennifer finally found treatment after surviving the last of multiple suicide attempts, she discovered that it was possible to heal her shame. She could start to recover by uncovering the secrets she had kept hidden for years. Blackout Girl is the heartbreaking, enlightening, and inspiring story of Jennifer's narrow escape from her own self-destructive instincts when all of the odds, and systems, were stacked against her.
Since Blackout Girl was first published in 2008, Jennifer has seen the #MeToo and Times Up movements empower countless brave survivors to reveal the truth of their experiences. Yet, our society is only just beginning to truly understand and support victims and recognize the importance of trauma-informed care. Now more relevant than ever, Jennifer's story and professional insights expose the societal failures these victims have endured, and how we can all help each other heal.
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SPOILER ALERT. Sigh...
- De Kelly en 10-08-20
De: Lucinda Berry
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Sober Stick Figure
- A Memoir
- De: Amber Tozer
- Narrado por: Amber Tozer
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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Sober Stick Figure is a memoir from stand-up comedian Amber Tozer, chronicling her life as an alcoholic - starting with her first drink at the age of seven - and her eventual recovery. Amber writes about the crazy and harsh truths of being raised by alcoholics, becoming one herself, stagnating in denial for years, and finally getting sober.
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Author's voice unbearable
- De Kylee en 12-09-16
De: Amber Tozer
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We Are the Luckiest
- The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
- De: Laura McKowen
- Narrado por: Laura McKowen
- Duración: 7 h
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What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something - anything - else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy.
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Influencer Recovery, Part One
- De Keith Keller en 01-31-20
De: Laura McKowen
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Inside Out
- A Memoir
- De: Demi Moore
- Narrado por: Demi Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight - or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past. Throughout her rise to fame and during some of the most pivotal moments of her life, Demi battled addiction, body image issues, and childhood trauma that would follow her for years - all while juggling a skyrocketing career and at times negative public perception.
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I loved this Memoir
- De mrsbee19 en 09-25-19
De: Demi Moore
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Scars and Stilettos - 2nd Edition
- De: Harmony Dust
- Narrado por: Harmony Dust
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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Scars and Stilettos: At 13, after being abandoned by her mother one summer and left to take care of her younger brother, Harmony becomes susceptible to a relationship that turns out to be toxic, abusive, and ultimately exploitative. She eventually finds herself working in a strip club at the age of 19, and her boyfriend becomes her pimp, controlling her every move and taking all of her money. Ultimately, she discovers a path to freedom and a whole new life.
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A religious book
- De Amazonbuyer en 10-12-21
De: Harmony Dust
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Trejo
- My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
- De: Danny Trejo, Donal Logue
- Narrado por: Danny Trejo, Donal Logue
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
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On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He’s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he’s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend.
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The best book ever!
- De Nicolas Rocha en 07-08-21
De: Danny Trejo, y otros
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How to Get Run Over by a Truck
- A Memoir
- De: Katie McKenna
- Narrado por: Katie McKenna
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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People often say, "I feel like I've been run over by a truck." Katie actually was. On a sunny morning bike ride in Brooklyn, 24-year-old Katie McKenna was forever changed when she was run over by an 18-wheeler. Being crushed under a massive semi wasn't something Katie should have survived. After 10 hours of emergency surgery, she woke to find herself in a body and a life that would never be the same.
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Funny and an amazing story.
- De T. Thompson en 12-16-16
De: Katie McKenna
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Phantom Limb
- A Gripping Psychological Thriller
- De: Lucinda Berry
- Narrado por: Kate Marcin
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
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Emily and Elizabeth spent their childhood locked in a bedroom and terrorized by a mother who drank too much and disappeared for days. The identical twins were rescued by a family determined to be their saviors. But there are some horrors love can’t erase....
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Not a fan of the ending.....
- De Dr. loLafolana en 08-10-20
De: Lucinda Berry
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I Am a Heroin Addict
- De: Ritchie Farrell
- Narrado por: Steven Jay Cohen
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Heroin is a Beast, and that Beast has infiltrated every town and city in America. The Beast has come for your sons and daughters. The Beast is hunting for your fathers and mothers. And that Beast has only one mission, to bury as many Americans as possible. I Am a Heroin Addict is the story of how Ritchie Farrell survived a ten-bag-a-day heroin habit to become a best-selling author, WGA screenwriter, and recipient of the prestigious du-Pont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism.
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Well done!
- De dmcstudent en 10-30-18
De: Ritchie Farrell
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Last Call
- A Memoir
- De: Nancy L. Carr
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
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Memoir Synopsis “That evening I wanted to go to a teenage party, and I wanted to drink alcohol, the grownup beverage of choice, the potion glamorized on TV and in movies, the stuff the older cool kids were drinking every weekend. I wanted to be cool. I wanted to fit in. Whatever it took.” She was attractive, popular and determined to grow up in a hurry. How would she have known that at age thirteen, during her first teenage drinking party, her life would play out in such a way that it would rule her life decisions going forward? The handsome boys and pretty girls were guzzling a certain...
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Compelling
- De Jen en 12-08-24
De: Nancy L. Carr
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Overcome
- A Memoir of Abuse, Addiction, Sex Work, and Recovery
- De: Amber van de Bunt
- Narrado por: Amber van de Bunt
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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From an early age, Amber van de Bunt knew she wasn't like the other girls in town. From childhood struggles with depression and eating disorders, her years as a topless dancer in Florida, and an eventual abortion and suicide attempt, to her rebirth in Los Angeles as a porn star named Karmen Karma, overcoming her relationship with her abusive mother, and her struggle to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle - van de Bunt's life has been a roller coaster. With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, she reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches - least of all with herself.
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Talk about Owning and Living for YOURSELF
- De LuLuababa2 en 07-19-19
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Wounds of the Father
- A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption
- De: Elizabeth Garrison
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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In the best-selling tradition of Smashed and The Glass Castle, this raw, eye-opening memoir tells the powerful story of Elizabeth Garrison's fractured childhood, descent into teenage drug addiction, and struggle to overcome nearly insurmountable odds. Elizabeth invites the listener behind the closed doors of a picture-perfect Christian family to reveal a dark, hidden world of child abuse, domestic violence, and chilling family secrets all performed in the name of God under the tyrannical rule of her father.
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- De Kindle Customer en 06-08-19
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Junkie: Madness to Ministry
- De: Dawn Searock
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
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Meet Dawn. A woman bound in the addiction of heroin and crack cocaine. Witness as she commits crime upon crime to obtain her fix which has led her to a prison term. It's there the real struggle begins. With all she faces, and all of the trials, will she come out of this alive. Could she be saved? Learn of a love so relentless, and a redemption so radical it changed the course of her life, and many others, for eternity.
De: Dawn Searock
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Breaking Bailey
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Amanda Dolan
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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Bailey welcomes a fresh start at the prestigious boarding school, Prescott Academy, far away from the painful memories of her mother's death and the unendurable happiness of her father and his new wife. She expects rigorous coursework and long hours of studying - what she doesn't expect is to be inducted into the Science Club, a group of wealthy and intelligent students who run a business cooking up drugs in their spare time. Suddenly, Bailey has everything she's ever wanted, including a sweet and handsome boyfriend named Warren, the brainy lead chemist in the Club.
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Too cliché and is very unrealistic
- De Kim en 01-25-21
De: Anonymous
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I Am a Heroin Addict
- De: Ritchie Farrell
- Narrado por: Steven Jay Cohen
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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Heroin is a Beast, and that Beast has infiltrated every town and city in America. The Beast has come for your sons and daughters. The Beast is hunting for your fathers and mothers. And that Beast has only one mission, to bury as many Americans as possible. I Am a Heroin Addict is the story of how Ritchie Farrell survived a ten-bag-a-day heroin habit to become a best-selling author, WGA screenwriter, and recipient of the prestigious du-Pont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism.
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Well done!
- De dmcstudent en 10-30-18
De: Ritchie Farrell
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Last Call
- A Memoir
- De: Nancy L. Carr
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
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Memoir Synopsis “That evening I wanted to go to a teenage party, and I wanted to drink alcohol, the grownup beverage of choice, the potion glamorized on TV and in movies, the stuff the older cool kids were drinking every weekend. I wanted to be cool. I wanted to fit in. Whatever it took.” She was attractive, popular and determined to grow up in a hurry. How would she have known that at age thirteen, during her first teenage drinking party, her life would play out in such a way that it would rule her life decisions going forward? The handsome boys and pretty girls were guzzling a certain...
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Compelling
- De Jen en 12-08-24
De: Nancy L. Carr
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Overcome
- A Memoir of Abuse, Addiction, Sex Work, and Recovery
- De: Amber van de Bunt
- Narrado por: Amber van de Bunt
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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From an early age, Amber van de Bunt knew she wasn't like the other girls in town. From childhood struggles with depression and eating disorders, her years as a topless dancer in Florida, and an eventual abortion and suicide attempt, to her rebirth in Los Angeles as a porn star named Karmen Karma, overcoming her relationship with her abusive mother, and her struggle to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle - van de Bunt's life has been a roller coaster. With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, she reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches - least of all with herself.
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Talk about Owning and Living for YOURSELF
- De LuLuababa2 en 07-19-19
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Wounds of the Father
- A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption
- De: Elizabeth Garrison
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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In the best-selling tradition of Smashed and The Glass Castle, this raw, eye-opening memoir tells the powerful story of Elizabeth Garrison's fractured childhood, descent into teenage drug addiction, and struggle to overcome nearly insurmountable odds. Elizabeth invites the listener behind the closed doors of a picture-perfect Christian family to reveal a dark, hidden world of child abuse, domestic violence, and chilling family secrets all performed in the name of God under the tyrannical rule of her father.
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A Reader's Comments
- De Kindle Customer en 06-08-19
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Junkie: Madness to Ministry
- De: Dawn Searock
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
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Meet Dawn. A woman bound in the addiction of heroin and crack cocaine. Witness as she commits crime upon crime to obtain her fix which has led her to a prison term. It's there the real struggle begins. With all she faces, and all of the trials, will she come out of this alive. Could she be saved? Learn of a love so relentless, and a redemption so radical it changed the course of her life, and many others, for eternity.
De: Dawn Searock
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Breaking Bailey
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Amanda Dolan
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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Bailey welcomes a fresh start at the prestigious boarding school, Prescott Academy, far away from the painful memories of her mother's death and the unendurable happiness of her father and his new wife. She expects rigorous coursework and long hours of studying - what she doesn't expect is to be inducted into the Science Club, a group of wealthy and intelligent students who run a business cooking up drugs in their spare time. Suddenly, Bailey has everything she's ever wanted, including a sweet and handsome boyfriend named Warren, the brainy lead chemist in the Club.
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Too cliché and is very unrealistic
- De Kim en 01-25-21
De: Anonymous
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Lucy in the Sky
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Em Eldridge
- Duración: 6 h y 50 m
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The author of this diary began journaling on her 16th birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good girl, living a good life...but one party changed everything. One party, where she took one taste - and liked it. Really liked it.
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Navigator sounded like a robot
- De Snow Dunn en 01-06-20
De: Anonymous
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Girl Walks Out of a Bar
- A Memoir
- De: Lisa F. Smith
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in New York City when alcoholism and drug addiction took over her life. What was once a way she escaped her insecurity and negativity as a teenager became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload. Girl Walks Out of a Bar explores Smith's formative years, her decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery.
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A Good Look At The Dual-Diagnosis...
- De Gillian en 06-14-17
De: Lisa F. Smith
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American Drug Addict
- a memoir
- De: Brett Douglas
- Narrado por: Ryan Turner
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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My name is Brett. I'm a college-educated man who was once a husband of 26 years with two children, three businesses, and a large home with an actual white picket fence. I'm also a drug addict. And I have a tale to tell. It's about the despair of addiction and the absolute certainty that it can be overcome. Recovery is not simply abstinence, but a process of growing up. I spent my entire life searching for the key to long-term sobriety. I would like to share with you what I have learned.
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UGHHHH. NOOOO.
- De karen McCann en 09-29-18
De: Brett Douglas
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Jay's Journal
- De: Anonymous, Dr. Beatice Sparks - Edited by
- Narrado por: Ramon De Ocampo
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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Jay was a sweet, bright high school student who cared about his grades and his friends. He had ambitions. He was happy. And he thought he could handle anything. He was wrong. When Jay falls in with a crowd that's dabbling in drugs and the occult, he finds himself in over his head and doing things he never thought possible.
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Not a Real Story!
- De L.J. en 10-18-22
De: Anonymous, y otros
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The Fifth Vital
- De: Mike Majlak, Riley J. Ford
- Narrado por: Mike Majlak
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Mike Majlak was a 17-year-old from a loving middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting Oxycontin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends.
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Book is straight fire
- De Amazon Customer en 03-04-21
De: Mike Majlak, y otros
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Beyond Addiction
- How Science and Kindness Help People Change
- De: Jeffrey Foote PhD, Carrie Wilkens PhD, Nicole Kosanke PhD, y otros
- Narrado por: Randye Kaye
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer. Delivered with warmth, optimism, and humor, Beyond Addiction defines a new, empowered role for friends and family and a paradigm shift for the field.
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No PDF with supplemental
- De Zena en 01-23-18
De: Jeffrey Foote PhD, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Blackout Girl (With New and Updated Content for the #MeToo Era)
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- linzombie
- 05-30-24
Best Memoir I have read!!
Jennifer Storm is such an inspiration, I’ve adored this book ever since 2008 when it was released <3
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- Dawn Lee
- 09-01-22
very relatable & informative
The book is raw and wonderful, filled with hurt and honesty. this is a definite read for those struggling or feeling allspice because it's relatable (fortunately and unfortunately) for many and offers hope and many streams of assistance!
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- Samantha
- 04-20-23
Beautiful and honest 🙏
Loved this book. So relatable and inspiring! I would recommend to any one who has suffered from addiction and/or sexual abuse.
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- Nichole Ann Drollette
- 09-14-22
amazing read
loved it so much, very touching to my life, a amazing book to read and listen to for healing
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- Michelle Marcinkowski
- 10-01-24
Great read!!!!!
Honest, powerful, inspiring, caring, uplifting , enthralling, enticing, awe-inspiring , loving, must-read, helpful, mindful, motivating & insightful
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